Preface
The Darkroom Cookbook is based upon a series of articles originally appearing in Camera & Darkroom magazine. The articles were inspired by a brief encounter at a camera store. I was browsing the chemical section searching for potassium bromide. When I found it, a young woman inquired what it was used for. I pointed to the paper developer she was holding and said, “An ounce of 10% bromide solution in that developer will improve the highlights in your prints.”
“Oh my goodness! That sounds too technical to me!”
This made me realize that one photographer’s basic craft is another photographer’s “oh my goodness!” Yet, I have never considered myself to be technical. Even though I learned the Zone System in 1976, half the time I do not ...
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